WaveShark eFoils

An eFoil is a surfboard with an electric propeller just above the wing of the hydrofoil, which powers the board to move through any water. The eFoil is powered by a nearly silent electric motor and rechargeable battery. It’s controlled by a handheld wireless remote that syncs to the eFoil via Bluetooth.

The eFoil rider doesn’t need to paddle for waves or pump with their legs to keep the board in motion. An eFoil is basically the world’s smallest personal, motorized watercraft.

The Leading Brands of eFoils

What are their advantages and disadvantages?

Item	Fliteboard	WaveShark Foil 2 Explorer	Liftfoils Explorer	Aerofoils	Remarks
Size (cm)	5'8'' (173cm)	5'6'' (170cm)	5'9'' (180cm)	5'8'' (176cm)
Material - Board	Carbon with Fibre glass	Pure Carbon	Carbon with Fibre glass	Carbon with Fibre glass
Material - Mast	Aluminium	Aluminium	Aluminium with Carbon	Aluminium
Volume	100 litres	107 litres	105 litres	103 litres
Total Weight (Battery)		36.5kg (18kg)		32kg
Cruising Time	100min	180min (Cruiser Wing)	90min	120min
Top Speed	50km/h	45km/h		50km/h
Noise Level	A	A	A+	A
Friendliness to Beginners	Good	Good	Good	Good
Packaging	Bags	Bags with Wheels
Service & Support	EU Local Setup	EU Local Setup	Service from US	EU Local Setup
Retail Price excl. VAT and Shipping	10600	9990	11300	12500

Key Factors for purchasing an eFoil as a consumer:

- Price: As a high price taged product, we see all these brands are placed them from 9000-12000 range. The difference are not too big, but considering the maintainance fee in the future or in case of any spare part needed, the real difference might be bigger.

- Cruising time: If you go out for efoiling with friends, you won't like the battery will only last for 50min or 60min. The longer it lasts, the better, after all each full-charge will take around 2 hours anyhow. From this perspective, WaveShark is no doubt the WINNER.

- Weight: We can also put it in an other word: "portability". If it's too heavy, carrying will be not pleasant. Overall, if the battery and the board weighs less than 20kg respectively, it's still managable for most of people.

- Size: it's directly connected with the volume of the board. if two boards have same volume, naturally the smaller size the better. As you rides better and better, you will definitely like to have smaller board which will give you more manuerability.

- Noise level: The quieter the motor is, the better feeling you will have. Nobody wants to have a noise motor on the water.

- Friendliness to beginners: It's all about the stability and how easy for a beginner to start standing up and foiling after a short time.